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2015 Sydney ANDA and NAA Conference

It’s time for a trip to an ANDA coin show with the Sydney show being held next weekend. We’ll be at the show on Friday 9th October, if anyone would like to meet-up and view any of our stock please contact us before next Thursday and we’ll be sure to bring the coin along with us. We won’t have a table, we’ll just be visiting the show but we’d love to stop for a chat about coins.

We’ll also be attending the NAA Conference in our capital city, Adelaide, on October 23-25. If you are attending the event and are registered then you’ll be aware there is a buying and selling event on Friday 23rd October. Again, if you’d like us to bring a specific item then please let us know beforehand. It won’t be possible for us to bring our entire stock, but if there is something you’d like to view in hand then by all means just ask and we’ll bring it along.

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New Coin Errors, Varieties and Trial Strikes

Errors and varieties are one of our specialties and we’ve just listed up a nice selection of decimal and pre-decimal errors and varieties, check the errors and varieties category. Another new addition and one of the first of these to be graded is a British 1957 Die Trial. A MS66 1951 New Zealand Florin is also a stunning coin and a standout in our newly listed items.

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Top Pop Coins Listed

We’ve just listed up some quality and high grade world coins including a MS68 South African threepence from 1948. There’s also a gaggle of geese been added to the website including two in MS67, one with an original box and an equal finest MS68. If you’re not familiar, these are the pattern dollars from 1967, not legal tender but highly collectable and keenly sought. Check our newly listed items.

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Finest Graded eBay Auctions

This week we’re running a couple of finest graded eBay auctions. Take a look on our home page for featured products. We also have a bunch of PCGS graded, quality high grade pennies listed. With a submission on it’s way back from PCGS at the moment, be sure to check out our newly listed items now and through the coming month.

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The Purple Penny’s Personal Coin Storage Recommendations -From The Collector

Question:

Gday, just want to check out the sleeves, its good to see a seller who seems to be honest about selling pvc free coin storage equipment… i spent alot on holders and sleeves that contain harmful chemicals so now i’ve got to try rectifying this. Any advice on who to look at for other PVC free items such as 2×2 holders and capsules as i notice you only sell the sleeves. Kind Regards eBay buyer

Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for your questions. Yes we currently only sell polypropylene albums and pages that my partner and I have had made for ourselves. We found ourselves in the same position as you are and realised there wasn’t a suitable product on the market so we sourced a solution and here we are.
There is tonnes of useful information that we have written about storage solutions here:

www.australian-coins.com

There’s a whole section of the blog on storing your collection in the categories list down the left hand side.

It depends on what you have to house and how you want it displayed as to the right solution for you. Personally for my bulk collection I use staple cardboard 2×2’s (never adhesive ones) in The Purple Penny polypropylene pages inside The Purple Penny polypropylene albums. You can get a låne penger if you cannot afford rare coins. I also have some 2 inch Saflips and I am currently researching options for heat sealing these to make them airtight. They slip into the 2×2 pages perfectly instead of cardboard 2×2’s. Other safe options are Eagle mounts or (foam ring type) Air tite capsules some of which I have.

For high value coins I lean towards slabbed coins particularly by PCGS because of the guarantee of a genuine coin, guarantee of the coin not having been cleaned and a place to start with regards to grading.

For the housing of banknotes and mintmark dollar folders I use the Lighthouse Vario pages (2c, 3c or 4c). These are made from polypropylene. I have to get out the hole punch and rehole the pages to fit albums as the precut holes aren’t round.

There are hard plastic pages available made from HDPE (a safe plastic) which I store the Airtite capsules and the slabbed coins.

Now I am beginning to think I have too many coins!!

I hope I have helped you with determining the right storage solution for your prized collection.

Regards,

The Purple Penny